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In retrospect, my headcanon is that Gary was tired of people asking how 1 sword strike can take down a 1st-level Fighter but it takes 5... -
UngainlyTitan reacted to Flying Toaster's post in the thread D&D General Why wouldn't you run a Dark Sun game? with
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When I was a kid I don’t think I picked up on the sword & sorcery elements in the Known World, but now it seems obvious that the... -
HP are only luck in the sense that "you are lucky that (arrow) didn't kill you". Which is why experience allows you to create more...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General Why wouldn't you run a Dark Sun game? with Like.
Pretty much the same here. Just not my favorite theme. Even more importantly, my players wouldn't care for it. Especially right now -...
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Hit points are whatever the GM can intuitively accept and get his players to intuitively accept. In D&D and most of its variants, it's a...
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It feels like luck is a part of them, but having to use them as a resource feels like it might lead to some unintended issues (should...
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UngainlyTitan replied to the thread Does Your Game Have Random Encounters?.Apologies, I meant "Many here appear to disagree". First off, I do not use it often because, in general I tend to take the party from...
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John McClaine in Die Hard. We know running across broken glass with bare feet will hurt, but the only effect it has is staining the windows.
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UngainlyTitan reacted to abazaba's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with Like.
For what it's worth (which, admittedly, may not be much, but): I do hope you're right. I honestly feel that bringing more people into...
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They should have renamed it to "restore vitality" or something long ago. Or changed the way hits, misses and damage are defined explicitly.
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Bravesteel25's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
Flattening an image, I can see that with just a normal program of some sort. I can't wrap my head around how a program would be able to...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Bravesteel25's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
Agreed. It just hasn't been worth the trade off, though Dungeon Alchemist is really impressive. Another thing that 3D VTTs have to...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
Hard disagree. A crappy, low-effort MMO would be an insane thing to do in the year 2025, sure. But a well-done, top-tier effort MMO ...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
I'm not an expert on the various VTTs on the market today, but . . . I do know there are already at least 2 that actually do use...
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UngainlyTitan replied to the thread Hit points as luck.It is not a bad way to view HP, but ever since I read the War Spell series by Georg Huff and Paula Goodlet, I have started to think of...